Fourteenth and Ash

Lyrics

[Intro | glassy pad alone; sub enters late, then a single hat tick]
[Hook]
Fourteenth and Ash still got the same crack in the concrete
Fourteenth and Ash, I know every inch of this street
[Verse 1]
Single bulb above the corner store been buzzing since I was nine
I used to count the seconds till it flickered like it was counting down mine
Pavement holds the cold a little longer here than anywhere else I know
Three in the morning, nobody coming, nobody watching me go
[Hook]
Fourteenth and Ash still got the same crack in the concrete
Fourteenth and Ash, I know every inch of this street
[Verse 2]
Red door on Hendricks still got my height marked sixth grade, a pencil line
Somebody else's kids inside now laughing through a door that used to be mine
I stood here so long I became the dark, became the broken gate
Then something quiet cracked open in my chest, too still for anger, too awake for faith
[Hook]
Fourteenth and Ash still got the same crack in the concrete
Fourteenth and Ash, I know every inch of this street
[Bridge | close, nearly spoken]
I'm not leaving angry, not leaving proud
Just standing in the last moment before I say it out loud
[Hook]
Fourteenth and Ash still got the same crack in the concrete
Fourteenth and Ash
[Outro | sub leaves first; pad and one hat tick remain]
[End]